Principal Software Engineer – MarTech Platforms, Digital Enablement

Sun Life

. Define and execute the technical strategy for customer engagement and marketing technology platforms .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaLead💰 CA$100,000 - CA$143,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-scale MarTech solutions, with a strong focus on customer data platforms, journey orchestration, and cloud-native architectures. Proven ability to lead technical strategy, mentor engineering teams, and drive innovation across marketing technology ecosystems.

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Enterprise-Scale MarTech SolutionsCustomer Data Platforms (CDPs)SnowflakeJava, Spring Boot, Python, JavaScript, TypeScriptAPIs and Microservices

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Hard Skills

Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)Journey OrchestrationMarketing AutomationPersonalization and DecisioningEvent-Driven ArchitecturesAPIsMicroservicesJavaPythonDocker

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsMentoring EngineersInfluencing Technical Direction

Tools & Technologies

Adobe Experience Platform (AEP)Salesforce Data CloudHightouchBrazeKafka

Industry Keywords

Cloud-Native ArchitectureDevSecOpsCI/CDDistributed SystemsOmnichannel Activation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesPythonSpringSpring BootSpringBootTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the technical strategy for customer engagement and marketing technology platforms
Design and implement capabilities across customer data, audience management, journey orchestration, personalization, decisioning, and channel activation
Establish reusable platform patterns across business lines
Champion composable and warehouse-native architectures
Help establish Snowflake as the foundation of the customer engagement ecosystem
Develop activation patterns for marketing, digital, service, and advisor experiences
Define customer data models, identity frameworks, event architectures, and integration standards
Deliver batch, near real-time, and real-time engagement capabilities
Design APIs, microservices, and event-driven services connecting marketing, digital, and enterprise systems
Develop scalable integrations across SaaS platforms, core business systems, mobile applications, and web experiences
Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, observable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards
Partner with Product, Marketing, Architecture, Data Engineering, and Agile teams on platform roadmaps and strategic priorities
Lead architectural discussions and influence technology decisions
Evaluate build-versus-buy opportunities, manage technical debt, and identify modernization initiatives
Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams and communities of practice
Establish best practices for DevSecOps, CI/CD, testing, observability, and release management
Drive automation and operational efficiencies across engineering teams and platforms
Foster innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience at a Staff, Principal, or equivalent technical leadership level
Deep experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale MarTech solutions
Strong knowledge of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), journey orchestration, marketing automation, personalization and decisioning, customer identity and consent management, and omnichannel activation
Experience with Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Adobe Target, Hightouch, Salesforce Data Cloud, or Braze
Hands-on experience with Snowflake or modern cloud data platforms
Expertise in warehouse-native activation and composable architecture patterns
Strong understanding of customer data models, APIs, integrations, and event-driven architectures
Familiarity with Kafka, streaming technologies, and modern data ecosystems
Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, APIs, microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes
Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and engineering best practices
Ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and stakeholders
Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes
Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing technical teams
Ability to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term platform strategy

Benefits

Comp & perks

Incentive plans with discretionary payments subject to individual and company performance
Hybrid work arrangement with flexibility to work from the office and virtually based on business, client, and employee needs
Accommodation support for persons with disabilities
Alternative-format job postings available upon request